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* Cloud's Geostigma in ''FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' seemed to be I'm Having Soul Pains as a tic. He would suddenly cringe, run short of breath and flinch as if an invisible force were causing him pain.

* In a similar vein to the Manga entry above, ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts Final Mix'' includes a scene [[spoiler: after Riku loses his body/heart over to Ansem]] where Riku is walking along a dim pathway and almost collapses, clutching at his chest and repeating that ''he won't disappear'', at least not until [[spoiler: he's seen Sora and Kairi again]].

* A few times in ''JadeEmpire''- the vengeful spirit of a drowned orphan enjoys hitting them with ghost-mojo to cause pain, and the reaction of the Water Dragon to [[spoiler:Master Li]] sucking her power out is similar.
* In a similar vein to the Manga entry above, KingdomHearts Final Mix includes a scene [[spoiler: after Riku loses his body/heart over to Ansem]] where Riku is walking along a dim pathway and almost collapses, clutching at his chest and repeating that ''he won't disappear'', at least not until [[spoiler: he's seen Sora and Kairi again]].

* Whenever {{Inuyasha}} is forced to transform into his full demon form, it looks extremely painful; it is implied some of the pain results from his demon blood eating through his human soul.

** This happens to [[spoiler:Ven]] in BirthBySleep ''twice''. The first being [[spoiler:meeting Master Xehanort in the Keyblade Graveyard.]] He falls to his knees and clutches his head in pain when [[spoiler:he starts to recall what he is]] before screaming in pain and lying facefirst on the ground. The second being [[spoiler:coming across [[EvilCounterpart Vanitas]] on the Islands]], where we're given a ''nice'' flashback of [[spoiler:Vanitas' creation]].

* Early in ''[[HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou]]'', Akane briefly falls ill, presumably due to her newly-acquired Dragon-God powers that she is still trying to reject. Even though she is in pain and has a fever, it is confirmed that the symptoms don't have any physical cause -- it's more of a consequence of her spirit being in disorder. She also has a similar reaction when she meets Ran, her EvilCounterpart, for the first time.

* Another less-than-kid-friendly variant occurs with the Brand of Sacrifice in ''{{Berserk}}'', which inflicts this upon those who bear it in the presence of demons. The more powerful demons can inflict even worse pain on someone with the Brand, with the Godhand being the worst of them all, and intense enough pain inflicted this way can even kill them. [[spoiler:Guts could only get within about Dragon Slayer distance from Femto before being almost completely overwhelmed by the pain, and the fact that Casca was even closer than that when she got raped by Femto (and was thus in ''utterly excruciating agony'') was probably a big contributing factor to her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation loss of sanity following the Eclipse]]]].

* In ThePrincessBride, Westley is tortured to [[OnlyMostlyDead (only mostly)]] death with a machine that drains years of life out of his body.

* In early parts of ''SluggyFreelance'', Gwynn toys with a voodoo doll of Riff. This gives Riff various uncomfortable symptoms, including "it feels like someone is stuffing [=M&Ms=] in my ear!" and Riff mysteriously jumping into a desk drawer and going all the way to "I think I'm coming down with a fever... I'm hot all over and my head feels ready to explode!" (The doll was in the microwave.)[[note]]Anyone care to hunt down the strips and the correct quotes?[[/note]]
* Something to this effect is used in ''HannaIsNotABoysName''. Although it's hard to determine the nature of Hanna's condition, he gets very weak and appears to be in pain when a ghost passes through him.
* In {{Homestuck}}, [[spoiler: this is implied to be the extension of Dirk's powers as the Prince of Heart.]]
* In {{Megatokyo}} Meimi drops a tray of dishes when Miho is killed.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Alphonse gets this when [[spoiler:his [[OurSoulsAreDifferent soul]] starts tearing away from his AnimatedArmor to rejoin its body which is waiting at [[CoolGate The Gate]]]]
** A more horrifying version of this trope occurs for people whose[[spoiler: souls are trapped inside philosopher's stones]]. They are compressed into what seems to be a tiny pocket dimension and subjected to excruciating agony that will only end when their particular soul is used up as energy. Yes that's right, each [[spoiler: philosopher's stone]] is a self-contained ''hell''. More disturbingly, unlike the first anime, the ''Brotherhood'' anime and manga present them as fairly common. At one point we see a room filled with ''tanks'' of the objects.

* This happens a few times in ''[[DigimonTamers Digimon Tamers]]''. When facing the tiger Deva, Takato passes out from feeling Guilmon's pain. Later, when facing the D-Reaper, each of the [[PowerTrio trio]] slides back in pain after their Digimon get hit by attacks.

* In ComicBook/{{New X-Men}} (the Academy version), Pixie received one of these injuries during their trip to Limbo. It acts up specifically around demons and beings with darkness in them.
* In ''BlackestNight'', ''every living thing in existence'' suffers Soul Pains [[spoiler: when [[BigBad Nekron]] attacks the Life Entity]]. Unlike most cases, this would have been fatal if it had gone any further.

*** [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt This,of course.]]

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* ''{{FLCL}}'' has Mamimi who reacts to pain when she says that she's going to [[UnusualEuphemism "overflow"]].

* ''TabletopGame/BetrayalAtTheHouseOnTheHill'' has a ring that allows you to attack an enemy using your Sanity stat rather than Strength and cause Mental damage rather than Physical if successful. [[FanNickname Sanity PUNCH!]]

* In ''Pungirls," (Jackson Ferrell's first comic, years before ''Webcomic/SketchComedy)'' Karen's catch phrase, at least in the early strips, was "The puns! They hurt my soul!"

-->-- '''Necro Critic''', ''Christmas Shoes review''

* Charles Xavier in Film/XMenFirstClass gets a pretty nasty dose of this during his mind-link with Shaw. He clutches his head and shouts in pain as [[spoiler: Erik slowly pushes a coin through Shaw's skull, which Charles can feel the entire time through the mind-link.]] Also doubles as a BadAss moment for Charles as he holds the link through the pain.

All of the Entropy spells in Dragon Age, and most of the offensive Spirit ones. Spirit Bolt is actually pretty much punching someone in the soul long distance.

* ''HisDarkMaterials'': "Soul-clenching" perfectly describes Lyra's feeling upon having her [[OurSoulsAreDifferent daemon]] seized.
** It gets worse in the third book, when the two of them are [[spoiler:separated by Lyra's choice]]. Even people without visible daemons can feel that.
* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' universe has the Cruciatus Curse, which lets a witch/wizard use hatred to [[AgonyBeam cause extreme pain in a victim without causing physical wounds]].
** Also, the literal soul pain (as the soul is a real and specifically defined part of a person in the Potterverse) brought on by Horcruxes. Odd in that the destruction of the soul is not what kills, but the putting it back together again. As paraphrased, the pain of remorse is enough to kill a man.
** And the dementors. More of the MindRape, worst-experiences-montage variety and generally not lethal, but given time and a free reign, they can drive a victim insane, rob them of their will to live, and, in extreme cases, [[FateWorseThanDeath literally eat their soul.]]
** Let's not forget that whenever Harry and Voldemort come into physical contact, they both experience indescribable pain. Once, Voldemort attempts to use this to his advantage by [[spoiler:taking possession of Harry and hoping he commits suicide from the pain.]]
* Frodo from ''LordOfTheRings'' had a Burning Scar that was inflicted upon him by a Morgul blade during his second encounter with the Nazgûl, but also suffered from the evil presence of Sauron himself, especially after he entered Mordor. The book described him to be waving his hand feebly as if trying to ward off a blow. He often collapsed and eventually had to have Sam carry him up to Mount Doom. It might be a case of Giving In To Spirit Pain or Evil Induced Adrenaline when Frodo's actually at Mount Doom and all his energy returns ten-fold in a frenzied attempt to save the ring.
** It also could be that the One Ring was sapping him like it did to Gollum, And was trying harder and harder to sap his strength away to keep itself away from Mount Doom. Then, Being there, It decided "hey, This STR-sapping thing just isn't working, let's try full on Dominate Creature effect..."
** However, he continued to feel the effects of the wound once a year, on the anniversary of the day he received it, even after the Ring was destroyed. The Ring itself apparently left its mark too, since he left Middle-Earth for Valinor in hope of healing his SoulPain.

* In ThePrincessBride, Wesley is tortured to death with a machine that drains years of life out of his body.